Edwin Francis Reynolds Explained

Edwin Francis Reynolds LRIBA (30 November 1875 - 19 January 1949) was an English architect based in Birmingham.^[1]

Life

He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and then articled to Cossins & Peacock from 1893 to 1896. From 1897 to 1899 he was assistant to William Henry Bidlake, and then from 1900 to 1901 to Runtz & Ford.

He started his own practice in 1905.

He was appointed Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1911.

Works

• All Saints' Church, Four Oaks 1908
• St Germain’s Church, Edgbaston 1915 - 1917
• Taylor & Challen factory, Constitution Hill, Birmingham 1919 - 1921
• House, 11 Pritchards Road, Edgbaston 1926
• House, 13 Pritchards Road, Edgbaston 1927
• St Mary's Church, Pype Hayes 1929 - 1930^[2]
• The Shaftmoor public house, Hall Green 1930
• The Abbey public house, Bearwood 1931
• The Grant Arms public house, Cotteridge 1932
• St Gabriel's Church, Weoley Castle 1934
• The Towers public house, Walsall Road 1935
• The Three Magpies public house, Hall Green 1935
• St Hilda’s Church, Warley Woods 1938 - 1940

Restorations and other works

• Packwood House 1925 - 1932 Restoration
• Crown Inn, Brindley Place 1930 Reconstruction
• St Alban's Church, Bordesley 1938 Addition of tower and spire

Notes and References

1. Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. RIBA. 2001.
2. The Buildings of England. Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. p.176